UT forces winner-take-all Game 3 at CWS

OMAHA, Neb. — Taylor Jungmann threw nine dazzling innings, Preston Clark went 3-for-4 with a home run and Russell Moldenhauer hit his record-tying fourth homer of the College World Series as Texas beat LSU 5-1 in Game 2 of the national championship series at Rosenblatt Stadium on Tuesday.

Game 3, which will decide whether the Longhorns win their seventh national title or the Tigers win their sixth, is Wednesday at 6 p.m.

Jungmann, a freshman who’d endured a horrific six-pitch, all-ball relief appearance in Game 1, threw 126 pitches and allowed only one unearned run and five hits and struck out nine. It was a much-needed complete game for a UT team short on available relievers.